Some 700 paratroopers took part in the jump, including the Red Devils, the British Army’s freefall parachute display team. The event commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, part of ...

A Labour mayor has said he thinks there will be “a spoonful of sugar along with the medicine” in the Budget next month.

Thousands of beer lovers have descended on Munich for the start of the world’s largest folk festival. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started the 189th Oktoberfest at noon on Saturday when he inserted ...

EastEnders star Rudolph Walker has revealed he “had absolutely nothing” while at the height of his fame. The actor, 84, who is best known for playing Patrick Trueman on the British soap, said he “didn ...

Sir Mick Jagger has said he is “so sad” at the death of Cleo Sylvestre, “the first female vocalist to sing with the Stones”. Sylvestre, also known as Cleopatra Palmer, who had been a feature of film, ...

Firass Abiad told reporters that 68 people were also wounded, of whom 15 remain in hospital, in the deadliest Israeli air strike on Beirut since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The ...

So far, there have been no reports of injuries from the heavy rain but many homes were flooded and some residents in two districts in Wajima have been stranded following landslides. A number of roads ...

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said that ministers ‘don’t want people to believe that we are living very different lives from them’.

See what time the Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois boxing match at Wembley starts and what channel it's on TV tonight (September 21) ...

A tornado has been been described as “terrifying” as it swept through Aldershot causing damage to properties and felling trees. No-one was hurt in the weather event in the Hampshire town which ...

Mystery still surrounds the identity of a woman six months after her body was found in the River Mersey. Police appear to be no closer to identifying the slightly built woman, wearing a lime-green ...

Relatives of Alistair Wilson branded police “incompetent” and say they have lost trust in their ability to secure justice. The 30-year-old father of two was shot in Nairn in the Highlands in November ...